Your role

You will work full-time on a crucial work stream for our technology: taking the pilot plant from design into operation, working closely with our lead process engineer.

• Specify and procure equipment and components, managing vendors through to delivery

• Build and commission the plant, then operate it and run the scale-up campaigns

• Carry out sampling and clean data acquisition across the experimental campaigns

• Contribute to the engineering – P&IDs and PFDs, mass and energy balances

• Translate experimental data into models and equipment specifications

• Take part in HAZOPs and safety reviews

• Think while you execute – recognise when a setup won’t deliver reliable data and solve it yourself

• Close collaboration within an interdisciplinary, international team

What we are looking for

Must-haves:

• A degree in process or chemical engineering or similar (university or UAS); hands-on training very welcome

• A strong hands-on mentality and working knowledge of typical unit operations (distillation, extraction, evaporation)

• Ability to read and contribute to P&IDs and PFDs, a solid grounding in process safety, plus basic automation and data-acquisition know-how

• Experience with pilot/experimental plants and clean documentation; independent, structured, communicative; fluent German and English; available at short notice

Nice-to-haves:

• Solids handling (filtration, suspensions, bulk solids); reaction engineering or high-pressure process experience

• Familiarity with plant safety frameworks such as ATEX and PED

• Scripting for data analysis (Python/MATLAB), automation/SCADA experience, or a recycling/separation background

Even if you don't match all of the requirements above, we are curious to hear why you believe you are a great fit for this role.

What we can offer

• Joining a small, interdisciplinary team and working side by side with the lead process engineer

• Real impact - take a process from the lab into reality and bring our pilot plant into operation

• Hands-on - work hands-on in the pilot plant, building, commissioning and operating it yourself

• Fast track to ownership: a high degree of ownership from day one, with direct responsibility for impactful topics

• Full-time role: a full-time position at our site on the RWTH Aachen campus, initially on a fixed-term contract, with the prospect of a long-term employment relationship